LETTER : How Lebanon fell victim to its own liberal democracy

Sir: The arrogance of Paul Miller (letter, 17 March) is typical of what we Arabs have to live with. He reminds us that "the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973 have already demonstrated the consequence of waging war with Israel". He implies that we Arabs have no chance no matterhow hard we try and we should just lie low and accept what mighty Israel decides for us.

William Nasr

Badby, Northamptonshire